‘Reliance Fresh’ sales outdated cake, sued
Bengaluru: A consumer court has penalized Rs. 10,090 to a Reliance Fresh outlet for selling an outdated cake in Bengaluru.
R Jayachandran, a resident of Ulsoor here, went for shopping at a Reliance Fresh store located in Indira Nagar second stage on April 18, 2016. He picked up cake packets worth Rs. 90, along with other items. According to Jayachandran, his son suffered food poisoning after consuming the cakes. It cost him a few thousands when the boy was taken to a doctor.
When Jayachandran checked the expiry date on the cake packets, he found that the products had expired on March 10, 2016. He wrote a letter to the outlet’s manager, but received no response. Jayachandran, then knocked the Bangaluru 1st Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum and lodged a complaint on May 12, 2016.
The consumer forum sued Reliance for selling a food item past its expiry date. On July 10, the forum ruled in favour of Jayachandran and ordered the store manager of Reliance to pay Rs. 5000 for causing him inconvenience and refund Rs. 90. The court further ordered Reliance Fresh to pay an additional Rs. 5000 for the customer court expenses.
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Test of democracy is king tolerates dissent, introspects: Nitin Gadkari
Pune, Sep 21: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the biggest test of democracy is that the ruler tolerates even the strongest opinion against him, and it leads to introspection.
Writers and intellectuals should express themselves fearlessly, the senior BJP leader said at a book release function held at MIT World Peace University here on Friday.
"The biggest test of democracy is that the king tolerates the strongest opinion against him and introspects over it," he said.
In India, there is no problem of difference of opinion but "there is a problem of lack of opinion," the Road Transport and Highways Minister said.
"We are neither rightist, nor leftist. We are opportunists. It is expected from writers and intellectuals that they express their opinions without any fear," he added.
Gadkari also said that as long as untouchability and notions of social inferiority and superiority persist, the work of nation-building can not be said to be complete.
